October 13, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

October 13, 2021 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Chin dimple	5
2A	6. Lawn care supply	3
3A	9. Awakens	5
4A	14. Low-carb "stone age" diet	5
5A	15. Night before	3
6A	16. Vodka ___	5
7A	17. They're often used with people, but rarely with pets	9
8A	19. Psychoanalyst Fromm	5
9A	20. First and only female prime minister of India	12
10A	22. Poker variety	6
11A	25. With 8-Down, street with no outlet	3
12A	26. "___ Enfants Terribles" (Cocteau novel)	3
13A	27. That, in Spanish	3
14A	28. Something you might say at a doctor's office	3
15A	30. Stationary	6
16A	32. "Red Cube" sculptor with an eponymous museum in New York	12
17A	36. Colosseo locale	4
18A	37. Word after launch or lily	3
19A	38. Item on a list	4
20A	42. First M.L.B. player to enter the Meikyukai (a Japanese baseball hall of fame)	12
21A	47. Justice who died in 2016	6
22A	50. Chilly air	3
23A	51. Period, essentially	3
24A	52. Krazy ___	3
25A	53. New Deal agcy.	3
26A	55. Merch stand staple	6
27A	57. Fashion designer and judge on "Project Runway All Stars"	12
28A	61. Tree with papery bark	5
29A	62. Island nation once home to the dodo	9
30A	66. Join forces	5
31A	67. Like-it-or-loathe-it bread piece	3
32A	68. N.J. town next to Palisades Park	5
33A	69. Exodus leader	5
34A	70. See 65-Down	3
35A	71. See 65-Down	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Chin dimple"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
• Words that mean the same thing: split, cleave, crack
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Lawn care supply"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
• Words that mean the same thing: sodomite, turf, sodomist
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Awakens"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Words that mean the same thing: stir, fuss, agitate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Low-carb "stone age" diet"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Night before"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: even, evening, eventide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Vodka ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
• Words that mean the same thing: tonal, brisk, bracing
• The opposite would be: atonic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. They're often used with people, but rarely with pets"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASTNAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Psychoanalyst Fromm"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. First and only female prime minister of India"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIRAGANDHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Poker variety"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLDEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. With 8-Down, street with no outlet"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a passage with access only at one end
• Words that mean the same thing: cul de sac, dead end
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. "___ Enfants Terribles" (Cocteau novel)"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. That, in Spanish"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Something you might say at a doctor's office"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: ooh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Stationary"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. "Red Cube" sculptor with an eponymous museum in New York"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISAMUNOGUCHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Colosseo locale"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern india but now are living on all continents (but mostly in europe, north africa, and north america)
• Words that mean the same thing: Italian capital, ROM, Bohemian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Word after launch or lily"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
• Words that mean the same thing: diggings, launch pad, fill out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Item on a list"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
• Words that mean the same thing: chore, tax, project
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. First M.L.B. player to enter the Meikyukai (a Japanese baseball hall of fame)"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICHIROSUZUKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "47. Justice who died in 2016"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "50. Chilly air"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small drink of liquor
• Words that mean the same thing: tweet, twitch, Jap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. Period, essentially"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very small circular shape
• Words that mean the same thing: scatter, superman, acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. Krazy ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian tea, khat, African tea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. New Deal agcy."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Merch stand staple"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSHIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Fashion designer and judge on "Project Runway All Stars""

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISAACMIZRAHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "61. Tree with papery bark"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
• Words that mean the same thing: birken, birch tree, birchen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. Island nation once home to the dodo"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a parliamentary state on the island of mauritius
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Mauritius
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAURITIUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "66. Join forces"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
• Words that mean the same thing: join, link up, unify
• The opposite would be: disunify, divide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. Like-it-or-loathe-it bread piece"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: closing, terminal, remnant
• The opposite would be: beginning, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "68. N.J. town next to Palisades Park"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FTLEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "69. Exodus leader"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) the hebrew prophet who led the israelites from egypt across the red sea on a journey known as the exodus; moses received the ten commandments from god on mount sinai
• Words that mean the same thing: Anna Mary Robertson Moses, Grandma Moses
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "70. See 65-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: optic, centre, oculus
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "71. See 65-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOEYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword October 13, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Two-striper in the Army: Abbr.	3
2D	2. Golden State team, on scoreboards	3
3D	3. Chicago trains	3
4D	4. Stinky	5
5D	5. Cover for the bed of a pickup truck	7
6D	6. Highway hauler	4
7D	7. "Your turn," on a walkie-talkie	4
8D	8. See 25-Across	5
9D	9. Sneakiness	7
10D	10. Extremely undecided	4
11D	11. Not going anywhere	6
12D	12. Embarrassment of ___	6
13D	13. Crystalline rock	6
14D	18. TV's Don Draper, e.g.	5
15D	21. Dip for chips, informally	4
16D	22. Prince, for one	4
17D	23. ___ buco	4
18D	24. Gardener's soil	4
19D	29. Tribe that considers the Grand Canyon its creation place	4
20D	31. "Puttin' on the ___"	4
21D	33. Knight's armor	4
22D	34. Needle-nosed fish	3
23D	35. Thick soup noodle	4
24D	39. Its logo is four interlocking circles	4
25D	40. Popular toffee bar	4
26D	41. Eartha who played Catwoman	4
27D	43. Sure things	7
28D	44. Damage	4
29D	45. Instrument invented in medieval India	5
30D	46. Go into a higher gear	7
31D	47. One who loves to shred some gnar pow	6
32D	48. Betting setting	6
33D	49. Classic consoles	6
34D	54. Songwriter Mann	5
35D	56. "Take two and ___ right" (old baseball adage)	5
36D	58. Opéra division	4
37D	59. Off-the-wall	4
38D	60. Like cutting and pushing	4
39D	63. Réunion, for one	3
40D	64. One-eighty	3
41D	65. With 70- and 71-Across, agree ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Two-striper in the Army: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Golden State team, on scoreboards"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Chicago trains"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: overhead railway, ALT, elevated
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Stinky"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that offensively malodorous
• Words that mean the same thing: funky, foetid, smelly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FETID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Cover for the bed of a pickup truck"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONNEAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Highway hauler"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
• Words that mean the same thing: tractor trailer, rig, articulated lorry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Your turn," on a walkie-talkie"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• Words that mean the same thing: ended, o'er, all over
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. See 25-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sneakiness"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that avoiding detection by moving carefully
• Words that mean the same thing: stealing
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEALTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Extremely undecided"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that separate or cause to separate abruptly
• Words that mean the same thing: deplume, displume, mangled
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Not going anywhere"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INIDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Embarrassment of ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an abundance of material possessions and resources
• Words that mean the same thing: rich, rich people, wealth
• The opposite would be: poor, poor people
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Crystalline rock"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. TV's Don Draper, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone whose business is advertising
• Words that mean the same thing: advertizer, advertiser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Dip for chips, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Prince, for one"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
• Words that mean the same thing: successor, inheritor, heritor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. ___ buco"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Gardener's soil"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: LOAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Tribe that considers the Grand Canyon its creation place"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a member of the shoshonean people of northeastern arizona
• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: HOPI

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Clue 20 Down: "31. "Puttin' on the ___""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)
• Words that mean the same thing: Cesar Ritz
• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: RITZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Knight's armor"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
• Words that mean the same thing: postal service, ring mail, ring armour
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: MAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Needle-nosed fish"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

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• This could be something that primitive predaceous north american fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
• Words that mean the same thing: garfish, garpike, needlefish
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: GAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Thick soup noodle"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: UDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Its logo is four interlocking circles"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: AUDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Popular toffee bar"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SKOR

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Clue 26 Down: "41. Eartha who played Catwoman"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: KITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Sure things"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that any undertaking that is easy to do
• Words that mean the same thing: walkover, breeze, pushover
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: CINCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Damage"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: hurt, damage, scathe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: HARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Instrument invented in medieval India"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a stringed instrument of india; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SITAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Go into a higher gear"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPSHIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. One who loves to shred some gnar pow"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIBUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Betting setting"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a public building for gambling and entertainment
• Words that mean the same thing: gambling casino, cassino
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: CASINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Classic consoles"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ATARIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Songwriter Mann"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: AIMEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. "Take two and ___ right" (old baseball adage)"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: HITTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Opéra division"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ACTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Off-the-wall"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
• Words that mean the same thing: twat, sappy, whacky
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ZANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Like cutting and pushing"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that socially incorrect in behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: bad-mannered, bounderish, natural
• The opposite would be: civil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: RUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Réunion, for one"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. One-eighty"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: UEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "65. With 70- and 71-Across, agree ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: meet, discover, experience
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	69.7%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
Literature	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM